Q: What got you into this specific medical field?
A: My creative and artistic leanings coupled with a love of anatomy.
Q: What landed you in your city, and what is it that you like about the neighborhood?
A: I grew up in this area, and I am the daughter of a gynecologist who still practices here.
Q: Where did you receive your undergraduate and professional degrees, and did you participate in any residencies?
A: Undergrad degree at Brandeis University, medical degree from Georgetown University, General Surgery Residency at St. Vincent's Medical Center, NYC, and Plastic Surgery Residency at Cornell University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Q: What year did you begin practicing?
A: 1998
Q: Do you belong to any professional associations?
A: American Medical Association, NJ Medical Association, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Q: What investments in your practice equipment and facilities have you made?
A: Brand new office and state-of-the-art surgical center
Q: What procedures do you feel your practice excels in above others?
A: Surgery of the breast including reduction, augmentation, lift, and all forms of breast cancer reconstruction
Q: What are the most challenging parts of your everyday practice?
A: Explaining to hopeful patients that most of what they see on TV or in magazines about cosmetic surgery is not accurate.
Q: What are the best moments that make it worthwhile?
A: When a cancer patient tells me after a mastectomy that they can't remember which side was operated on.
Q: What are your office hours?
A: Monday 9-5, Thursday 10-6, but the office is available Mon-Fri
Q: What HMO or PPO providers are you in network with? Do you offer financing?
A: We do not take any HMO, but work with all PPO providers
